Watch the second half of Us Now and complete the note-taking sheet Stop for discussion
Veteran students
1. Please read very carefully the information for Virtual Participants
(It's too late to sign up for "LEVEL 1" participation, but you should still try to follow the virtual participation checklist as much as possible)
NOTE: Beijing is 14 hours ahead of us!
2. Watch the recording of the Pre-conference Virtual Meeting - linked at the TOP of the wiki page for Virtual Participants
Introduction to Flat Classroom Conference
Introduction to being a virtual participant
FC to introduce why virtual participation is part of the flattened learning environment
How to connect
How to participate
Social media
Expectations on virtual participants
Where to get help
TiGED - services and featured programs
Basic background on TIG and TIGed
Current opportunities to engage in global learning initiatives
Wednesday, Feb. 23
NetGenEd Begins!
1. See where you are on the Team Matrix
2. Sign up to join the NetGenEd Project Ning
Please use ONLY your given name and first initial of your family name
3. Upload a photo of yourself (only if you have permission) or create an avatar (see list of options below)
4. Add everyone in our class, including Ms. Moorman, as a "friend" - this allows us to message each other
5. Join the ISA group
6. Write an "About Me" in the TEXT BOX on your "My Page"
7. Write a blog post greeting to the NetGenEd community - mention something about your research topics, and include hyperlinks - tag your blog post NetGenEd2011, ISA, and anything else that fits
2. Learn a little about the making of the Digital Nation documentary
3. Take the Pre-viewing Poll: Where Do You Stand? Technology in our Schools
4. Take the Survey: What are your beliefs about technology in education?
5. Watch these three clips from Digital Nation: Learning (if you have extra time, you can watch any other clips that interest you)
Participate in the grid discussion of the following statements:
Every student has a school-provided laptop
There are no textbooks in the school - only free Internet resources are used for teaching and learning
The school is entirely paperless
All websites are unblocked at school for teachers and students alike
Technology is used every day in every class
Every student takes a separate technology course
Students can choose to take online courses instead of F2F courses.
Move to quadrants of the room, based on your opinion about each scenario:
Good for schools/Good for students; Good for schools/Bad for students; Bad for schools/Good for students; Bad for schools/Bad for students
With a partner (or alone if you prefer), choose of the statements that you believe is both good for students and good fro schools.
Draft a letter to the North East ISD school board explaining why you think they should institute this educational use of technology in our district.
For those who want to, we will really send these after I have a chance to look at them with you when I get back in town. ~Ms. Moorman
Compare Wikipedia to the project wiki - Go to last year's NetGenEd wiki and find the page for your topic (under Topic Wikis) You and your team will be building a wiki page like this one - only yours will be even better! Explore the History and Discussion tabs to see what happened behind the scenes
Thursday, March 3
Continue the Handshake Process
1. See who your new teammates are on the Team Matrix 2. Sign in to the NetGenEd Project Ning 3. Search for your teammates and send them a message (as a "friend" request) 4. Respond to any friend requests or other messages you have received 5. Be sure you have added everyone in our class, including Ms. Moorman, and everyone in 2nd period, including Ms. Allen, as a "friend" 5. Join the ISA group - right now, only half of you have done this - the rest of you need to! 6. Check that you have an "About Me" in the TEXT BOX on your "My Page" 7. Make sure you finished - and published - your blog post greeting to the NetGenEd community - mention something about your research topics, and include hyperlinks - tag your blog post NetGenEd2011, ISA, and anything else that fits
Get Some Background Information about Your Topic
1. Grab some headphones and watch the assigned video about your topic 2. Take notes in wordpad or notepad while you watch 3. Add your notes to the page on our class wiki for your topic
If you haven't finished watching your videos from yesterday, you can start there.
Then go to the 2011 Horizon Report and read about your technology trend.
If this is a new topic for you, you should read the overview, and follow the links like we did before.
If this is the same topic you already studied, you will need to go deeper and do some additional research on your own.
Be sure to save all the sites you find on your topic in Diigo - remember to use tags, descriptions, sticky notes, and comments
Take notes in wordpad or notepad add them to the page on our class wiki for your topic.
Monday, March 7
Hi, everyone
I'm still traveling but I'll be back tomorrow to see how things are going and help you all move forward in the project. Meanwhile, I don't see any new information on your wikipages, so I'm assuming you're still working on your tasks from Thursday and Friday. As you do so, you may also want to check out the resources saved to the Diigo group from last year's NetGenEd project (we will be joining the 2011 version of this group shortly). Also, Mr. Sullivan has an updated version of the team matrix to show you; please check for your new teammates and communicate with them. I miss you. Do good work. See you soon.
~Ms. Moorman
Table of Contents
Monday, Feb. 21
New students
Watch the first half of Us Now and complete the note-taking sheetStop for discussion
Veteran students
Read all about the Flat Classroom ConferenceSign up to participate - virtually!
Join the following:
Flat Classroom Conference Ning
Flat Classroom Conference Wiki
Virtual Flat Classroom Portal - provided by Taking IT Global
Tuesday, Feb. 22
New students
Watch the second half of Us Now and complete the note-taking sheetStop for discussion
Veteran students
1. Please read very carefully the information for Virtual Participants
(It's too late to sign up for "LEVEL 1" participation, but you should still try to follow the virtual participation checklist as much as possible)
NOTE: Beijing is 14 hours ahead of us!
2. Watch the recording of the Pre-conference Virtual Meeting - linked at the TOP of the wiki page for Virtual Participants
Wednesday, Feb. 23
NetGenEd Begins!
1. See where you are on the Team Matrix2. Sign up to join the NetGenEd Project Ning
Please use ONLY your given name and first initial of your family name
3. Upload a photo of yourself (only if you have permission) or create an avatar (see list of options below)
4. Add everyone in our class, including Ms. Moorman, as a "friend" - this allows us to message each other
5. Join the ISA group
6. Write an "About Me" in the TEXT BOX on your "My Page"
7. Write a blog post greeting to the NetGenEd community - mention something about your research topics, and include hyperlinks - tag your blog post NetGenEd2011, ISA, and anything else that fits
Avatar Creation Tools
Clay YourselfPortrait Avatar Maker
DigiMi
Here are 10 Sites for Playing with [or creating] Images of Yourself
Another list called "Make Fun of Yourself"
Still can't find one you like? Here's a huge list curated by the amazing Joyce Valenza
Thursday, Feb. 24
New Students
1. Watch the trailer for Digital Nation: life on the virtual frontierfrom PBS's Frontline2. Learn a little about the making of the Digital Nation documentary
3. Take the Pre-viewing Poll: Where Do You Stand? Technology in our Schools
4. Take the Survey: What are your beliefs about technology in education?
5. Watch these three clips from Digital Nation: Learning (if you have extra time, you can watch any other clips that interest you)
- How Google Saved a School
- Friending Boo Radley
- Education 2.0
6. Compete the Exit TicketVeteran Students
See what's happening in the Flat Classroom Conference virtual spaces and add your voice to the conversationFriday, Feb. 25
Compare the views of Don Tapscott and Mark Bauerlein on the Net Generation
Create a 3-column chart for note-taking and note-makingThe headings of your chart should look like this
Here's Don Tapscott - the author of Grown Up Digital
Before you watch the second video - Do you remember what ubiquitous means?See what Mark Bauerlein has to say - the author of The Dumbest Generation
Watch the following clips from Digital Nation: LearningVirtual Education (4:35)
Diving In (2:53)
Carving Out Quiet (2:07)
Hey prof, i just txtd u my paper (4:00)
Reading More, Learning Less (4:15)
Monday, Feb. 28
Four Corners Discussion (30 minutes)
Participate in the grid discussion of the following statements:Move to quadrants of the room, based on your opinion about each scenario:
Good for schools/Good for students; Good for schools/Bad for students; Bad for schools/Good for students; Bad for schools/Bad for students
Persuasive Writing (20 minutes)
With a partner (or alone if you prefer), choose of the statements that you believe is both good for students and good fro schools.Draft a letter to the North East ISD school board explaining why you think they should institute this educational use of technology in our district.
For those who want to, we will really send these after I have a chance to look at them with you when I get back in town. ~Ms. Moorman
Tuesday, March 1
ELA TAKS Testing
Wednesday, March 2
Watch this Wikipedia segment from The Colbert ReportLearn how Wikipedia works by completing the Wikipedia Detective scavenger hunt
Read about "The Wikipedia Editing Model" on Wikipedia's own Reliability of Wikipedia page
Compare Wikipedia to the project wiki - Go to last year's NetGenEd wiki and find the page for your topic (under Topic Wikis)
You and your team will be building a wiki page like this one - only yours will be even better!
Explore the History and Discussion tabs to see what happened behind the scenes
Thursday, March 3
Continue the Handshake Process
1. See who your new teammates are on the Team Matrix2. Sign in to the NetGenEd Project Ning
3. Search for your teammates and send them a message (as a "friend" request)
4. Respond to any friend requests or other messages you have received
5. Be sure you have added everyone in our class, including Ms. Moorman, and everyone in 2nd period, including Ms. Allen, as a "friend"
5. Join the ISA group - right now, only half of you have done this - the rest of you need to!
6. Check that you have an "About Me" in the TEXT BOX on your "My Page"
7. Make sure you finished - and published - your blog post greeting to the NetGenEd community - mention something about your research topics, and include hyperlinks - tag your blog post NetGenEd2011, ISA, and anything else that fits
Get Some Background Information about Your Topic
1. Grab some headphones and watch the assigned video about your topic2. Take notes in wordpad or notepad while you watch
3. Add your notes to the page on our class wiki for your topic
Victoria
Erin McKean redefines the dictionary
Keenan
Francisco
Gary Wolf: The quantified self
Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone
Ana
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps
Museum of London: Streetmuseum iPhone App
Haley
Seth Priebatch: The game layer on top of the world
Caden
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
Friday, March 4
Research Day
If you haven't finished watching your videos from yesterday, you can start there.Then go to the 2011 Horizon Report and read about your technology trend.
If this is a new topic for you, you should read the overview, and follow the links like we did before.
If this is the same topic you already studied, you will need to go deeper and do some additional research on your own.
Be sure to save all the sites you find on your topic in Diigo - remember to use tags, descriptions, sticky notes, and comments
Take notes in wordpad or notepad add them to the page on our class wiki for your topic.
Monday, March 7
Hi, everyoneI'm still traveling but I'll be back tomorrow to see how things are going and help you all move forward in the project. Meanwhile, I don't see any new information on your wikipages, so I'm assuming you're still working on your tasks from Thursday and Friday. As you do so, you may also want to check out the resources saved to the Diigo group from last year's NetGenEd project (we will be joining the 2011 version of this group shortly). Also, Mr. Sullivan has an updated version of the team matrix to show you; please check for your new teammates and communicate with them. I miss you. Do good work. See you soon.
~Ms. Moorman